Oh, I hope so! That'd be great to see. The Dumping Ground definitely needs a wider audience!

It's strange to be on Digital Spy now having followed this thread for so long! Nice though. Oh, and I hope that didn't sound odd, heh...!

Nothing wrong with that - at least this thread is livening up a bit more now as there is a while to go until the next series.

We need 3,000 posts usually for a part 2 but many threads go well over that limit. Either way, the more often we keep this on the first page, more people view it and gain an interest, which could boost the viewing figures for the next series

I've done some calculations - the first series averaged 501,000 viewers. Compared with:

487,000 for the first series of Wizards vs Aliens.
497,000 for the first series of Tracy Beaker Returns
421,000 for the first series of Sarah Jane Adventures

Though the Sarah Jane Adventures series average can't really be used much for comparison because it had 10 episodes, and WvA had 12, whereas TBR and TDG had 13.

But, in reality, it did pretty well. It was pretty much at the top of the viewing figures among children and for the kids channels most weeks.

Nothing wrong with that - at least this thread is livening up a bit more now as there is a while to go until the next series.

We need 3,000 posts usually for a part 2 but many threads go well over that limit. Either way, the more often we keep this on the first page, more people view it and gain an interest, which could boost the viewing figures for the next series

I've done some calculations - the first series averaged 501,000 viewers. Compared with:

487,000 for the first series of Wizards vs Aliens.
497,000 for the first series of Tracy Beaker Returns
421,000 for the first series of Sarah Jane Adventures

Though the Sarah Jane Adventures series average can't really be used much for comparison because it had 10 episodes, and WvA had 12, whereas TBR and TDG had 13.

But, in reality, it did pretty well. It was pretty much at the top of the viewing figures among children and for the kids channels most weeks.

Indeed, I'll be happy to help! I spend way too much time online. :P

Hey, it did quite well! Unfortunately I was watching the episodes on iPlayer so my view won't count. Hmm!

Hey, it did quite well! Unfortunately I was watching the episodes on iPlayer so my view won't count. Hmm!

iPlayer views do count towards the official figure but only up to 7 days after the broadcast. For example, the figure that you see the day after the programme would be 500k - with iPlayer viewings over the next 7 days (via TV, they don't count computer viewings yet) and recordings accounted, that figure can rise. That makes up the official figure which is far more important and usually larger.

iPlayer views do count towards the official figure but only up to 7 days after the broadcast. For example, the figure that you see the day after the programme would be 500k - with iPlayer viewings over the next 7 days (via TV, they don't count computer viewings yet) and recordings accounted, that figure can rise. That makes up the official figure which is far more important and usually larger.

Interesting. Darn, I watch them via the laptop! Oh well, I'll have to get my parents to watch it for me sometime so that 'my' view counts. As you can tell, I'm not that good with technology when it comes to the television - I'll have to admit that I am more of a bookworm, but If I really like a TV series then I thoroughly enjoy it. Right, that's good!

Yup. I can't say Rick is among my favourites (he's a 'middle' character for me - along with the likes of Jody and Carmen) but I did enjoy his centre episode. Episode 8, wasn't it? But yes, I find his history pretty interesting.

Ah, I hope that she does... it's unlikely though, which is a shame. They could have had such a good storyline with her background and trying to make her trust people again... *sigh* She's still my favourite character.

I'm not entirely sure about the editing though - I believe the team who produce/film TDG are the same as TBR, if you remember when Carmen and Johnny got into a fight (series 2 opener), sounds were coming out from Carmen (such as "don't you ever hit me again") but her mouth wasn't moving. Same with 'A Day in the Past' as the sound was a bit out of sync when Mike was trying to drag Johnny away from Lily (yelling 'stop' and whatever).

I think 'Baby' has to be my least favorite episode because the plots were quite unsettling, despite the rather heartwarming ending (on both plots). 'A Day in the Past' second least favorite because it didn't seem as there was actually a proper happy/moral ending regarding them at that house, it would have been better to see what would have happened had they swapped.

I'm actually shocked! I didn't see this coming at all. I'm really sad to hear that Mike won't be in the next series of The Dumping Ground. I guess this means he will have an offscreen exit which is sad. I would have liked to see him at least get an onscreen exit. Mike is a great character and Connor has played the role brilliantly for the past 10 years, I wish him the best for the future. I'm really going to miss him.

I'm not entirely sure about the editing though - I believe the team who produce/film TDG are the same as TBR, if you remember when Carmen and Johnny got into a fight (series 2 opener), sounds were coming out from Carmen (such as "don't you ever hit me again") but her mouth wasn't moving. Same with 'A Day in the Past' as the sound was a bit out of sync when Mike was trying to drag Johnny away from Lily (yelling 'stop' and whatever).

I think 'Baby' has to be my least favorite episode because the plots were quite unsettling, despite the rather heartwarming ending (on both plots). 'A Day in the Past' second least favorite because it didn't seem as there was actually a proper happy/moral ending regarding them at that house, it would have been better to see what would have happened had they swapped.

I don't really like the editing regarding the fight scenes. And yes, I agree, I'd have liked to have seen them swap around!